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u.s. stock markets reopened yesterday after being closed two days. and they closed mixed on the day. home depot and lowe's both rose, no surprise there. this morning, u.s. stock futures are trading mixed. there are several key economic reports today. jobless claims, construction spending, auto sales, and we're getting a lot of earnings. a lot going on in markets, even as investors in people's 401(k)s are trying to dig out. and it's costing new york city $200 million a day in permanently lost economic activity. >> what are you adding up there? >> that's all the lost business, and that's not even counting, i think, the damage that's going to have to be fixed. this is lost economic activity. this is according to the new york city comptroller's office. businesses, of course, scrambling for fuels, for cars, for generators. logistics are a mess, employees are displaced, customers are displaced, lost productivity, business not getting done, contracts being lost. you get it. >> not even cleanup nu
u.s. stock markets reopened yesterday after being closed two days. and they closed mixed on the day. home depot and lowe's both rose, no surprise there. this morning, u.s. stock futures are trading mixed. there are several key economic reports today. jobless claims, construction spending, auto sales, and we're getting a lot of earnings. a lot going on in markets, even as investors in people's 401(k)s are trying to dig out. and it's costing new york city $200 million a day in permanently lost...
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so the head of u.s. and nato troops in afghanistan, and reiterates his belief that the senate should act swiftly to confirm general dunford. now, general allen, soledad, i'll tell you, is in washington, because he was supposed to be going through this confirmation hearing process on the hill on thursday. that is what has been put on hold here. general joseph dunford had already been lined up to replace him in afghanistan, and this is president obama, basically saying, please move forward with that, and his confirmation hearing on thursday is expected to move forward as planned. a critical time as president obama tries to figure out how to bring home those 68,000 remaining troops in afghanistan by the end of 2014 as scheduled. soledad? >> brianna keilar for us. thank you. so "the washington post" reporter who co-wrote paula broadwell's book about general petraeus says he was absolutely dumbfounded by the affair. he wrote an op-ed that was posted last night and he says this in part, on rare occasions, her
so the head of u.s. and nato troops in afghanistan, and reiterates his belief that the senate should act swiftly to confirm general dunford. now, general allen, soledad, i'll tell you, is in washington, because he was supposed to be going through this confirmation hearing process on the hill on thursday. that is what has been put on hold here. general joseph dunford had already been lined up to replace him in afghanistan, and this is president obama, basically saying, please move forward with...
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it's an amazing story about the u.s. and british relations between churchill and roosevelt, the conflicts. and they're allies, clearly, but the conflicts that exist between the british empire and the american empire and world war i, how world war i created world war ii. and the russian empire under stalin becomes a big issue because the british and the soviets do not agree. churchill is very anti-soviet. it's like a three-card money game. the dropping of the atomic bomb is very much the origin myth that we get in school. we had to drop the bomb to save americans lives because the japanese were fanatics and would fight till the end. we show in the course of the chapters how the japanese were fini finished. they were completely decimated, their economy, shipping, everything. and how the soviets had come into the war and were cleaning up the japanese army and various islands of the japanese. so there was no necessity to drop the bomb but it was dropped to warn the russians and that starts basically this cold war conflict th
it's an amazing story about the u.s. and british relations between churchill and roosevelt, the conflicts. and they're allies, clearly, but the conflicts that exist between the british empire and the american empire and world war i, how world war i created world war ii. and the russian empire under stalin becomes a big issue because the british and the soviets do not agree. churchill is very anti-soviet. it's like a three-card money game. the dropping of the atomic bomb is very much the origin...
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the u.s. is with you. president obama promising american support for myanmar as the once repressive regime travels the road to democracy. he is the first sitting u.s. president to travel there. he's also the first to go to cambodia, arriving there just this morning. that is the last stop on his very quick tour of southeast asia. >> and 2016. i know i know. it might be a long way away. but a certain senator from florida sure looked like a presidential candidate during this visit to iowa. marco rubio appearing saturday night at a fund-raiser for iowa governor terry branstad. in his speech the florida senator discussed the future of the republican party and addressed a host of issues including tax reform, national debt, immigration and the energy policy. >> no coincidence he shows up in iowa. the proposed key stone xl pipeline drawing thousands of protesters to the white house. the pipeline would help deliver oil from canada's tar sands to the gulf of mexico. last year president obama delayed a decision on th
the u.s. is with you. president obama promising american support for myanmar as the once repressive regime travels the road to democracy. he is the first sitting u.s. president to travel there. he's also the first to go to cambodia, arriving there just this morning. that is the last stop on his very quick tour of southeast asia. >> and 2016. i know i know. it might be a long way away. but a certain senator from florida sure looked like a presidential candidate during this visit to iowa....
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both the aclu and u.s. justice department has filed lawsuits against arpaio, accusing him of civil rights violations and racial discrimination against latinos. >>> very interesting decision out of puerto rico, has been overshadowed a bit by the presidential election, 61% of the u.s. voters in the territory voted in favor of statehood. the vote is nonbinding and would require action by congress, but this marks the first time ever that puerto ricans have voted in favor of that status change. >>> the director of massachusetts pharmacy board has been fired and the board's attorney is on administrative leave. this is in connection with the deadly meningitis outbreak. massachusetts officials say they ignored a jury complaint that necc was sending bulk shipments of drugs to colorado, which reportedly violates necc's colorado and massachusetts licenses. >>> other medical news. if you're taking stattens to keep your cholesterol down -- >> i am. >> -- you might be getting other benefits too. they could also help redu
both the aclu and u.s. justice department has filed lawsuits against arpaio, accusing him of civil rights violations and racial discrimination against latinos. >>> very interesting decision out of puerto rico, has been overshadowed a bit by the presidential election, 61% of the u.s. voters in the territory voted in favor of statehood. the vote is nonbinding and would require action by congress, but this marks the first time ever that puerto ricans have voted in favor of that status...
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it would appear the national u.s. security team was doing everything they thought possible to protect the americans in bengha benghazi. congress is right to be demanding answers but i'm told reliably the senior officials would confirm the government was doing all it could. do you think benghazi is going to have an impact on voters, not just veterans? >> well, i think it's jobs and the economy. but i don't disagree with what he said on the timing of the thing. what about on august 15th when the security group met in benghazi and sent a message back saying, look, al qaeda is here. al qaeda -- we're in danger. we cannot resist an all-out attack. that's exactly what happened. why weren't -- the consulate had been attacked twice in april and june. the british ambassador, they attempted to kill him in benghazi. the british had closed their consulate there. all of the information leading up to this attack indicated that we were totally unprepared, including the last message of our departed and heroic ambassador saying that w
it would appear the national u.s. security team was doing everything they thought possible to protect the americans in bengha benghazi. congress is right to be demanding answers but i'm told reliably the senior officials would confirm the government was doing all it could. do you think benghazi is going to have an impact on voters, not just veterans? >> well, i think it's jobs and the economy. but i don't disagree with what he said on the timing of the thing. what about on august 15th...